Brookside Daisy — M. Kate Quinn

It's a pack of lies that turns Daisy Cameron's life upside down, but it's the truth that changes everything forever.

Affluent playboy J. Randolph Press Jr. learns of his disapproving uncle's deathbed threat to cut him from his will, and he's desperate to change his mind before it's too late.

Daisy's job at the Brookside Café can barely cover her household needs let alone fund the prestigious art school she feels her son, Adam, should attend. When Rand stops into the café and eavesdrops, learning of her financial crisis, an outlandish idea is born.

Daisy agrees to play Rand's fiancée in order to receive money for Adam's college. But what will happen when the line between fact and fantasy blurs, when feelings and longings emerge for which neither realizes their hearts yearn?